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ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2025

Strong bat predation and weak environmental constraints predict longer moth tails.

Juliette J Rubin, Caitlin J Campbell, Ana Paula S Carvalho, Ryan A St Laurent, Gina I Crespo, Taylor L Pierson, Robert Guralnick, Akito Y Kawahara

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Juliette J RubinMcGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5143-308X
Caitlin J CampbellDepartment of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8199-7775
Ana Paula S CarvalhoMcGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3245-3648
Ryan A St LaurentMcGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6439-5249
Gina I CrespoMcGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL, USA.ORCID 0009-0008-4864-5605
Taylor L PiersonMcGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL, USA.ORCID 0009-0005-2833-1260
Robert GuralnickFlorida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6682-1504
Akito Y KawaharaMcGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3724-4610

Funding

Division of Biological InfrastructureDivision of Environmental BiologyDivision of Integrative Organismal SystemsSmithsonian Tropical Research InstituteSociety of Systematic BiologistsUniversity of Florida
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Elaborate traits evolve via intense selective pressure, overpowering ecological constraints. Hindwing tails that thwart bat attack have repeatedly originated in moon moths (Saturniidae), with longer tails having greater anti-predator effect. Here, we take a macroevolutionary approach to evaluate the evolutionary balance between predation pressure and possible limiting environmental factors on tail elongation. To trace the evolution of tail length across time and space, we inferred a time-calibrated phylogeny of the entirely tailed moth group (

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Biological EvolutionChiropteraMothsPredatory BehaviorAnimalsFood ChainPhylogenyTailbiogeographyelaborate traitsinsectivorous batspredator–preySaturniidae

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